Country or Virginia Ham
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Grimpuppy I’m actually a very old “sister.” Company A in boot camp at Parris Island was supposed to be the first woman’s company to snap in, but the weapons didn’t arrive. That is how old I am. LOL. I would tell you what I did, but I don’t know if it has been declassified. Probably, because that technology is obsolete. LOL
Warrenlc57 you may be surprised. We used some pretty old gear when I was in. Just slap another coat of paint on it and send it back to the fleet. I had 3 MOS’ in a very short time. 2542, 0351, and 8541.
By the way, that is too cool about your sister. Its amazing that WMs are now being trained at San Diego as well.“You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”
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Warrenlc57 you may be surprised. We used some pretty old gear when I was in. Just slap another coat of paint on it and send it back to the fleet. I had 3 MOS’ in a very short time. 2542, 0351, and 8541.
By the way, that is too cool about your sister. Its amazing that WMs are now being trained at San Diego as well.GWG8541 Grimpuppy Warrenlc57 I guess that makes me the “Old Salt”. (66-70).
Mos: 5942,5949
Semper Fi Marines!Improvise, Adapt and Overcome! Semper Fi
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GWG8541 Grimpuppy Warrenlc57 I guess that makes me the “Old Salt”. (66-70).
Mos: 5942,5949
Semper Fi Marines!Bob Stehlik old salt and smart one.
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Warrenlc57 you may be surprised. We used some pretty old gear when I was in. Just slap another coat of paint on it and send it back to the fleet. I had 3 MOS’ in a very short time. 2542, 0351, and 8541.
By the way, that is too cool about your sister. Its amazing that WMs are now being trained at San Diego as well. -
GWG8541 2542, Camp Pendleton
Warrenlc57 good deal. Did you attend school at 29 Palms?
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LOL, not my sister, but ME. I went to the stumps too, having the same MOS as you. I love the USMC. Two of my sons followed in their mama’s footsteps. One was Navy and the other a weatherman in the USAF. Changing the subject, but it is so nice to see so many men who still have these meat preserving skills and who can provide. It is so much fun just reading the posts. I love you guys, and I’m learning so much!
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Warrenlc57 good deal. Did you attend school at 29 Palms?
GWG8541 I helped moved C&E Battalion from MCRD SD to 29 Palms and taught for 2 months in August of ‘67. Spent 6 weeks living in tents at Dead Man Lake training reservists in September/October of ‘69.
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WOW. The best dining facility I ever ate at while in the CORPS was a GP medium. You are older than I am. We called it 29 Stumps back then. MCCES is where I was trained. Do you remember them training with heavy artillery on that base? My friends in school (all men, I was the only woman) went swimming in the “pools” which were cesspools, and got some kind of infection. LOL I told them they were not for swimming in! The reason I enlisted is because men, like you, were being treated so horribly. I had the opinion that this country belonged to all of us, so I served too, but of course, never had boots on the ground. Women were not permitted.
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GWG8541 I helped moved C&E Battalion from MCRD SD to 29 Palms and taught for 2 months in August of ‘67. Spent 6 weeks living in tents at Dead Man Lake training reservists in September/October of ‘69.
Bob Stehlik Unfortunately, when I was in, we did not consider ‘reservists’ to be real marines. LOL, of course, I was called a BAM (broad-assed marine). Times have changed a lot. Before I went to school, everyone told me that it does not freeze in the deserts of California. At muster, it was freezing cold, but by noon the polish melted off our boots and oxfords.
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Bob Stehlik Unfortunately, when I was in, we did not consider ‘reservists’ to be real marines. LOL, of course, I was called a BAM (broad-assed marine). Times have changed a lot. Before I went to school, everyone told me that it does not freeze in the deserts of California. At muster, it was freezing cold, but by noon the polish melted off our boots and oxfords.
Warrenlc57 It did get a little warm there. I was there for Comm School and after the MOS change, a MCRES exercise prior to deployment. I got to hear the arty going down range and even overhead more that once. When your young and dumb its a cool experience.
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Warrenlc57 It did get a little warm there. I was there for Comm School and after the MOS change, a MCRES exercise prior to deployment. I got to hear the arty going down range and even overhead more that once. When your young and dumb its a cool experience.
GWG8541 Agreed. When I was contracting in Iraq for OIF it was not so much fun
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